Glen Ellyn Sports
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Boys basketball: Sum of its parts more than enough for Benet in win over Bloom at PontiacDec 27, 2024 4:51 pm - At its best the Benet Academy basketball team plays as a locked in unit, placing little emphasis on any one given player. The Redwings broke out of that mold for a little...
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Boys basketball: Glenbard West upset in overtime in Tosh openerDec 26, 2024 8:04 pm - Rasim Johnson put both hands to his head in disbelief as he joined a circle of giddy Nazareth teammates at midcourt. What was on Johnson’s mind? “I was just shocked,” Naz...
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Boys basketball: Benet finds path of least resistance in toppling DanvilleDec 26, 2024 4:11 pm - Benet Academy spent the majority of the first quarter of its opening round of game at the Pontiac Holiday Tournament against Danville finding ways to make things more dif...
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Boys basketball: Balaskovits, St. Francis come out firing at Tosh ClassicDec 26, 2024 1:39 pm - Mark Balaskovits didn’t need to be reminded that St. Francis' 40-point first half Thursday morning was a little out of the norm. He’ll take it. “That’s sometimes more tha...
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Girls basketball: Farrell, Montini’s ‘glue kid,’ keys gritty win over Neuqua Valley at Montini Christmas TournamentDec 23, 2024 7:19 pm - Things don’t often fall apart for Montini, but when they do, Peyton Farrell is there to pick up the pieces. The 5-foot-9 senior guard/forward is the straw that never brea...
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Basketball: Glenbard East boys, Glenbard South girls stay perfect in Upstate EightDec 20, 2024 11:10 pm - How big is the Glenbard East vs Glenbard South rivalry game? It depends on who you ask. If you asked the Rams (5-3, 4-0) following their 56-41 conference victory over th...
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Boys basketball: Glenbard North climbs out of big hole to beat Lake ParkDec 20, 2024 10:49 pm - Lake Park is a tough place for a visiting team to come in and get a win — especially when you’re down by 14 points just before halftime. But Friday night, Glenbard North ...
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Boys basketball: Benet stays hot, hands Wheaton Academy its first lossDec 19, 2024 10:01 pm - When a coach starts emptying his bench in the third quarter as Benet Academy’s Gene Heidkamp did during Thursday’s nonconference game against Wheaton Academy, it definite...
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Girls basketball: Yeager, seniors spark Glenbard West’s 9-2 startDec 19, 2024 9:41 am - Makenna Yeager has a competitive streak, and it’s not hard to discover its origin. It starts at home. Yeager, a Glenbard West senior, is the youngest of five siblings. Th...
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‘Edgy Tim’ is a fitting recipient of the Ray Eliot AwardDec 19, 2024 4:41 am - Covering Illinois high school football for 30 years, “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran has been announced as the 2025 winner of the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association’s Ray Eliot Award for his contributions to the sport.